Table 3

Subject characteristics. Individual characteristics of subjects used in this study. Subjects are numbered by the order of first blood collection. Some subjects had 2 or 3 blood draws. Recurrence rates are based on patients recollection and were divided into groups of low recurrence rates (L) of 2 or fewer per year and high recurrence rates (H) for subjects that stated having more than 2 recurrences a year. Positive designation for antivirals are those patients that were using antivirals at the time of blood draw. To determine serostatus the HerpeSelect 1 & 2 immunoblot kit from Focus technologies was used. Patient 4 is a double negative. Subjects 6 and 15 were using acyclovir and subject 11 was using daily doses of Valtrex.
Subject
 Sex
 Age
 Antiviral
 Recurrence rate
 Serostatus
1
 M
 37
 -
 H
 HSV-2/HSV-1
2
 F
 38
 -
 L
 HSV-2/HSV-1
3
 F
 47
 -
 H
 HSV-2/HSV-1
4
 M
 29
 -
 na
 -
5
 M
 34
 -
 H
 HSV-2/HSV-1
6
 F
 49
 +
 H
 HSV-2
7
 F
 22
 -
 L
 HSV-1
8
 F
 42
 -
 H
 HSV-2
9
 F
 24
 -
 L
 HSV-2
10
 F
 19
 -
 L
 HSV-1
11
 F
 29
 +
 L
 HSV-2/HSV-1
12
 M
 28
 -
 H
 HSV-2
13
 F
 40
 -
 L
 HSV-2
14
 F
 38
 -
 H
 HSV-2
15
 M
 59
 +
 H
 HSV-2/HSV-1
16
 F
 45
 -
 L
 HSV-2
17
 M
 27
 -
 L
 HSV-1
18
 M
 53
 -
 L
 HSV-2

Braun et al. Virology Journal 2006 3:54   doi:10.1186/1743-422X-3-54